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  • V279: A Short Stop in Alexandria, Virginia

    October 6, 2012

    Ha! You thought I’d miss today’s blogpost, but here we are in Colonial Williamsburg, with wireless internet. 🙂 Alexandria explodes with quaint colonial charm. Today was mostly spent driving from Alexandria to…

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  • V272: Finished Indienne Print Curtain Gown, 1780

    September 28, 2012

    Finally I’ve got all the little bits n’ bobs complete on my Indienne print Curtain-Along dress, and just in time too – we leave for Colonial Williamsburg this coming Wednesday! I’m very…

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  • V269: A Baby Neckerchief from a Baby Gown

    September 25, 2012

    I’m a sucker for fancy embroideries, but I just plain suck at doing them myself, so I look for textiles that already have nice embroideries on them.  A tantalizing source is old…

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  • V254: Fitting Mom's JP Ryan Jacket(s)

    September 11, 2012

    JP Ryan Jacket in progress Today my lovely Lady Mother came over for help fitting sleevils into two of her Colonial Williamsburg pieces – both swallow-tailed jackets, in different materials, using the…

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  • V251: Starting the Indienne Gown, 1780s

    September 7, 2012

    With only about a month left until we leave for Williamsburg, I have rather a lot of sewing to do! I was giddy when I found this Indienne print cotton at Lowe’s,…

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  • V250: Finished 1770s Parisian Chapeau

    September 6, 2012

    Awhile ago I posted a little page of sketches for a late 1770s hat to go with my striped “Parisian Gown.”  I went out and bought all the materials for it, but…

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  • V220: The Parisian Gown – Finished!

    August 7, 2012

    Despite all the trouble this gown gave me, I’m so happy with how it turned out!  I certainly learned many a lesson about fabric choice, sleeve construction, and general patterning.  I’m ready…

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  • V208: 1770s Chapeau de Paris Sketches

    July 26, 2012

    I’m winding down the Parisian Gown (at least the gown part of it), and realize I need an awesome hat to go with it. No ordinary bergere will do – I want…

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  • V205: Nearing Completion for the Parisian Gown

    July 23, 2012

    I’ve been working holes into my fingers over the past week, trying to complete shiny new costumes for Costume College, the first weekend in August. I have her on my non-historical dress…

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  • V194: More Robe a l’Anglaise Problem Solving

    July 12, 2012

    Just getting any idea of final look, with one panel of skirt pinned on, and some trim pinned to the CF – the trim will go around the neckline and down the…

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  • V190: Progress on the 1770s l’Anglaise

    July 8, 2012

    Oooo, fits niiice… LIES! I spent all day yesterday working on this new robe a l’Anglaise, draping, then cutting and stitching. Then correcting. Correcting more. Cursing. More correcting. Ah, if only that…

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  • V189: Beginning a Robe a l’Anglaise a la Polonaise

    July 7, 2012

    I’ve been procrastinating on, well, everything costume-related, and with Costume College a mere month away, it’s time to get down to business with this striped gown. My material – I have enough…

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  • V185: The Polonaise Jacket of Doom and Hell

    July 3, 2012

    Du…Du Hast…Du Hast Mich You know those projects that just don’t want to be made, and give you trouble all the way through to the violent end? This is one of those.…

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  • V178: 1770s Polonaise Jacket Progress

    June 26, 2012

    I haven’t been in a super-sewing mood, but I have made a little progress on the polonaise jacket planned for our Colonial Williamsburg trip this coming October. I draped the pattern for…

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  • V160: Progress on My 18th c. Pocket…and Then More Pockets!

    June 8, 2012

    I’ve been embroidering on and off since early May, on my first Georgian pocket.  I originally used a pattern from Costume Close-Up: Clothing Construction and Pattern, 1750-1790, but decided not to follow…

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  • V149: Taking Stock of Stockings

    May 28, 2012

    Those of you who follow me on Facebook will know I’ve been asking around about stockings.  What material, what color you like, etc.  Some more questions are to come, but first, let’s…

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  • V126: A Colonial Williamsburg Pocket for Colonial Williamsburg

    May 5, 2012

    I’m about to leave on a West Coast cruise for eight days and I thought I’d take along some embroidery.  I’m not much of an embroiderer, but it interests me, and I…

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  • V122: Beginnings of a Polonaise Jacket

    May 1, 2012

    Gallerie des Modes, 1780. Dames a la Mode on Tumblr I’ve finally settled on a design for one of my Colonial Williamsburg pieces – a polonaise jacket, inspired by a couple of…

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  • V114: Incredible 18th Century Jackets from the Imatex Online Collection

    April 23, 2012

    I have to give mad thanks to Emily over at My Vintage Visions, who showed me the secret of searching the Imatex costume collection, a wonderful resource with gigantic photos in which…

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  • V110: Pink Jackets of the 18th Century

    April 19, 2012

    …I want one.  I want it to be patterned taffeta-silky-something. WANT. Inspo…. Okay, I know it’s a polonaise, but let’s just say it counts 🙂 ; 1775, Killerton, Devon, Nat’l Trust 1784…

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